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Abstract
Social workers and paraprofessionals serve psychiatric populations at high riskfor suicide, but may receive little training related to suicidality. This study evaluateda suicide awareness and prevention training workshop for providersworking with mentally ill homeless and previously homeless adults. Traineesattended a half day of training, and completed knowledge posttests and trainingevaluations. Half the trainees completed knowledge pretests, and those onsiteat 21 months completed follow-up knowledge tests. Both professionals andparaprofessionals showed substantially improved knowledge at posttest andfollow-up. Trainees also reported high levels of satisfaction with training formatand content.
